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  Not allowing third-party libraries in your software package has many advantages:
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    <LI>You are not worried (your reputation is not tarnished) about other people’s bugs which are out of your control</LI>
    <LI>Releasing, deploying, and versioning become simpler to <I>a lot simpler</I></LI>
    <LI>Debugging becomes simpler to <I>a lot simpler</I></LI>
    <LI>Backward compatibility comes under your control</LI>
    <LI>You have a free hand to revise your design and code</LI>
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  It also has some disadvantages:
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    <LI>There might be functionalities that are hard/time-consuming to implement that are already there</LI>
	<LI>If you find a battle-tested library, the debugging is already done for you</LI>
	<LI>There might be industry-wide standards/trends that you want to follow by using a reputed library</LI>
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  <BR><img src="https://github.com/hosseinmoein/DataFrame/blob/master/docs/LionLookingUp.jpg?raw=true" alt="C++ DataFrame"
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